Economy

Navistar rebuilds its business units

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar International has decided to organize its truck segment into four business units: North American Truck Operations, Global Truck Operations, Global Bus Operations and Navistar Defense.

Officials looking for glimpse into truck plant’s future

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Local politicians in Chatham, Ont. are eager to meet with Navistar officials in an effort to figure out the future of the community's truck facility.

STA past-president looks to help displaced workers

REGINA -- The closure of a Saskatchewan fleet last week left a number of people unemployed and a former boss to some of them has taken up their cause.

Tighter capacity is on the horizon: CTA

OTTAWA -- During the next month or so, there will be numerous media reports on what happened in 2008 and what could happen in 2009.

CamExpo scores again!

QUEBEC CITY -- If the local trucking industry was going through hard times, there was little evidence of it at CamExpo.

Kenworth offers conversion of medium duty trucks

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth Truck Company is now offering an aftermarket crew cab conversion option for Kenworth T170, T270 and T370 medium duty conventional models.

Volvo D12 now reman’d In North America

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Volvo Trucks North America will offer the Volvo D12 series engines as a North American remanufactured product.

Armoyan hands over the reins at Clarke

HALIFAX -- Clarke Inc., a diverse public company with several trucking-transportation holdings, has made Rob Normandeau the president and CEO, effective December 31, 2008.

Calyx blooms new president

TORONTO -- Calyx Transportation Group announce the appointment of Douglas Harrison to the position of president.

UPS won’t predict top shipping day this year

ATLANTA -- For the first time since going public a decade ago, UPS has declined to release a projection for the busiest shipping day of the fall peak season.

Manufacturing sales rebound despite lower prices

OTTAWA -- Manufacturing sales rebounded slightly in September after a sharp drop in August, despite total numbers being minimized by decreasing product prices.

Mid-range demand fading; Hino ranks highest in survey

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- The number of commercial truck buyers intending to purchase or lease new medium-duty trucks within the next 12 months has reached its lowest level since 2002.

Online shopping clicking in Canada

OTTAWA -- More goods and products are moving via the information highway than ever before in Canada.

Truck registrations lowest since ’03

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- New commercial vehicle registrations for Class 3-8 vehicles for the first nine months of 2008 were down 25.2 percent from the same period in 2007, reports Polk Commercial Vehicle Solutions in its September Commercial Vehicle Intelligence Report, published Monday

Truckmakers begin a particularly important cleanup job

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Mack Trucks and Volvo have launched a large scale program to remanufacture diesel particulate filters (DPF) for the trucking industry.